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Roman copper alloy end looped pestle
Large finely made example with neatly cast suspension loop, possibly intended as a duck-head with carefully facetted, bill-like extension. Parallel lines flank a low ridge on the back of the loop and terminate in a slightly worn cross-moulding on the upper edge of the rod. Wear can also be discerned in the slightly elongated eye. The upper stem is of sub-rectangular then circular section, while the normal wear-facet on the convex edge of the upturned tip gives it a D-section.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
78.29H/17
Find Information
Site Name: Ogof-yr-Esgyrn, Glyntawe
Grid Reference: SN 8378 1604
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1938-1950
Notes: N/p
Measurements
length / mm:73
width / mm:5
thickness / mm:5
weight / g:11.8
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